Early Japanese Images
Publisher: Tuttle Pub; Tuttle
Published: December 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780804820295
Subjects: Oriental art; Photography & Photographs; Photography; Photo Essays; Japan; Pictorial works; History; 19th century; Biography; Photographers
Description: This book reproduces over 140 images taken between 1853 and 1905 by the most important local and foreign photographers then working in Japan. Almost one-fourth of the images are handcolored, superb examples of a rich art form long since vanished.

Important features of Early Japanese Images include a historical overview of the years 1853-1912; the story of early Western photographers in Japan; the story of early Japanese photographers; over 100 images reproduced in original sepia tones; over 40 images reproduced as originally handcolored; and an invaluable index that for the first time identifies the photographers of over 1,200 early photographs taken in Japan.